MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G and the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and has 2432 texture shaders and 199 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GP104-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
199 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2432 Shader 1280
64 Render Output Units 48
152 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 216 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.257 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 9.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 216 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G is 1.506 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.683 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 37 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G is 277 mm long, 140 mm high and 39 mm wide.

279 mm Length 277 mm
140 mm Height 140 mm
37 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
832 g Weight 1017 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 449 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

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Q4/2017 Release date Q3/2016
449 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5
38 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5
85 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G MSI GeForce GTX 1070 TI ARMOR 8G
8 GB GDDR5
111 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING+ 6G
6 GB GDDR5
75 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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